Althought not
the biggest ship that came out to New Zealand, the Lady Nugent, 600 tons, Captain Santry,
brought out the largest number of passengers sent out at one time by the Company.
Evidently the company did not believe in overcrowding its emigrants, for one hears none of
the complaints that became only too common when the tendency seemed to be for some of the
shipping companies to crowd as many people as they could on board, and feed them as
cheaply as possible. On the Lady Nugent there were 263 people, the largest number to that
being the 232 brought out in the London three months before. The Lady Nugent sailed from
Gravesend on October 21st, 1840. Running short of water, she put into Hobart on February
27th, and while she lay there great inducements were held out to the people to disembark
and make their homes in Tasmania instead of going on to the wilds of New Zealand. But they
wisely decided to stick to the ship, which left on March 17th. Among the cabin passengers
was Mr Edmund Storr Halswell, FRS, who had been appointed by the British Government to the
post of Commissioner of Native Reserves in New Zealand. Halswell, like so many of the
names of ships and pioneers of those stirring times, has been preserved by its use as a
place name, Point Halswell, where Mr Massey's grave stands being called after this early
official. It was stated that a finer body of British people then the
Lady Nugent party had rarely lefty Great Britain. They came from various parts of England
and Scotland and the North of Ireland; the majority from Hawkchurch, Dorestshire, and the
near villages. The greater number were married pairs. The central dormatory of the Lady
Nugent was fitted up for the married and their children; beyond these, towards the bow,
swung a couple of dozen hammocks for the young men; and sternward the unmarried
females were stowed, two and two, in some of the best berths on the ship.White Wings - Sir Henry Brett

Name

Age

Occupation

Comments

Cabin
Passengers

Beamish

Nathaniel

22

Cruickshank

Margaret

30

Dunn

James

Mrs

France

Frederick John

35

Ruth

31

Frederick

5

Harriet

3

Ruth

1

Greenwood

Mr M

Halswell

Edmund

50

Hugh Beauchamp

Lowther

George

Milne

Archibald

O'Keef

Margaret

22

Poole

Nathaniel

Smith

John

24

Turner

John

Wathen

M

Young

Arthur

Steerage
Passengers

Baker

George

24

Carpenter

Susan

25

Daughter

2

George

2 months

Beachen

George

24

Painter

Fanny

22

Son

6 months

Bevan

Thomas

39

Rope & Twine
Manufacturer

Mary

39

Died at sea

George

17

Labourer

Edward

15

Labourer

Henry

11

Died at sea

Daughter

8

Daughter

6

William

4

Thomas

2

Infant

Child born & died at sea

Bolton

Frederick William

33

Bricklayer

Elizabeth

30

Jane

9

George

7

Henry

5

Louiza

2

Died at sea 23/01/1841Gastronomic fever

Bowman

David

31

Carpenter

Janet

28

Son

10

Son

3

Son

11 months

Died at sea 28/11/1840Marasmus (4:00 am)

Bruce

Peter

23

Sawyer

Helen

22

Daughter

4 months

Brungar

James

27

Agricultural Labourer

Sophia

24

Daughter

5

Died at sea 10/01/1841Jaundice

Daughter

3

Son

2 months

Campbell

John

37

Farm Labourer

Jane

32

Margaret

6

Died at Sea Christmas EveTyphus fever (10:00pm)

Eliza Jane

5

John

4

Hugh

2

Infant

Died at sea

Cockram

Thomas

26

Gardeners Labourer

Died at sea 25/11/1840Typhus fever (10:30 pm)

Maria

26

Collier

George

34

Agricultural Labourer

Elizabeth

40

John

19

Agricultural Labourer

Jane

15

Sempstress

Disembarked at Sydney

Anne

13

William Sanson

10

George

8

Elizabeth

6

Eliza

3

Sarah

8 months

Died at sea 09/12/1840 Marasmus (4.00pm)

Cross

Henry

27

Baker & Farm Labourer

Dodds

Thomas

39

Carpenter & Cabinet Maker

Mary

40

James

20

Carpenter & Cabinet Maker

Mary Ann

16

Servant

William

14

Labourer

John

13

Farm Labourer
& Servant to Mr Halligan

Duncan

Robert

33

Joiner

Ann

28

Daughter

5

Daughter

3

Son

10 months

Dunlop

Anthony

27

Agricultural Labourer

Elizabeth

26

Duthie

Alexander

25

Agricultural Labourer

Espie

Miss

Sister of Mrs Jane Martin (Sempstress)

Evans

Thomas

27

Ann

23

Son

6 months

Fairweather

Robert

32

Smith

Barbara

25

Mary Anne

7

John

4

James

13 mths

This infant is over 13 months, is not suckled, & entitled to
1/3 extra allowance to the family GRH